Eyeglass-mounting.



L. F. ADT.

EYEGLASS MOUNTING. APPLICATION FILED M117, 1906.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

31 wawtoz W; [meshes UNITED sTAT s.

PATENT OFFICE.

LE0 F. AD'l, or ALBANY, NEW YORK.

EYnoLAss-MoUiITInG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this Specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates toeyeglass mountings, and particularly to that class in which the lenses are connected by a relatively rigid bridge and the guards or'nosebearing pads are pivoted and actuated toward each other by springs andlprovided with operating arms or members arranged j [forward of the lenses by means of which the bearing pads may be separated for the application of the glasses to or their removal from the nose of the wearer. v

' The. invention consists in certain improve- Inents' whereby the guards are mounted upon fixed pivots and the springs for operat-- ing them while long enough to enable them to be operated easily, are'of such nature and so disposed as not to render the mounting unsightly, andfurther, in cert-ainffeat'ures of" construction and combinations of parts all as will be hereinaftermore fully ex: plained, thenovel features being pointed out in the. claims at the end of the spe'cificatiom- Inthe accompanying drawings: Figure 1 .isa top plan view of a pai'r of eyeglasses embodying my improvements. Fig.1 2 is a bottom plan VieW- of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged bottom plan view of one of the tion'al view on the line Q3'7-(l7 of F ig.

guards shown in Fig.- 2.- Fig. 4 is a sec- Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line a-a of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is abottom plan view of a" modified form of the invention. Fig. 7 is a sectional View on the 1iney -y-of F 1g. 6; Similar reference numeralsin the several 2 figures indicatesimilarpa-rts.

The lenses i dicated by l are secured at the ends of a support-'-c'omprising preferably a substantiallynrigid 'bridging portion 2 slightly arch-ed to rest upon or in proximity to the bridge ofthe'nose'of'the wearer, the connection between the support and lensesbeing formedin the present instance by providing to the mounting. r I

In-the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5.

the former with the usua1 perrorated lens-attaching lugs 3 and the Vertically-extendthe attaching lugs and the arch'or bridging portion constitutes what may betermed the seats for the guards, being flattened for this purpose and provided with suit-ableverticallyextending pivots,,in the form of screws 5 which also form the means of attachment of the guards to the mounting. Adjacent to the reduced,- threaded portion of the screw 5 which extendsinto the support is a shoulder that bears on top of the latter as clearly shown in Fig. 4 to limit the inward movement thereof while the guard arm 8 turns on the projecting portion and is guided in such movement between-the head of the screw and the seat offered by .the support as above mentioned. I have used the term guard inthe present specification to refer to the movable part embodying theqiose bearing pads or portion and the operating member.

sho'wnin Figs. 1 to. 5, the guards consist of a body portion extending transversely of and resting uponthe bridge endor support and formed ofa single pieceof sheet metal,

the portion in rear of the support being twisted slightly and bent downwardly, and then upwardly and rearwardly, forming the lower'nose-be'aring pad of .loop' 6 ,and-the upper bearing pad;7:. From the pivot the guard extends forwardly, constituting the operating arm 18, and' rearwar dly again- -forming the arm 9- substantially parallel with the arm 8. Arranged beneath the pivot of the guard is the operating.springv preferably formed'of a flat spirahcoil of spring material, substantially inline with thgfpivot pin, the inner end of thecoil being connects ed to the. e ndJof the arm 9, and the outer end 12 extended in rear 01f the'lens and connected to. the rear face of the latter, prefer-' ably by extending overon'on'e of the lensattaching lugs 3- .and having its end per forated to form an eye so that it may be selIi the preferred form of constrwictioir cured by the screw 10 which fastensthe lens inclusive, the eoil-spring indicated by 11 is being bent or formed to proceed laterally,

- cdgewise of the fmaterial, and thence upbrace wardly, flatwise of the material, from which point it merges into the inner convolution of the coil, as shown at 13 in Fig. tin order that this may be accomplished, and this one piece construction I prefer. However, sub.- stantially the same result is accomplished by making the coil spring and its attaching arm 12 separate from the guard and turnin 'up small parallel flanges 14 from the si esof theinn'er end of the arm 9 so as to form an eyeor box that will receive and em: the inner end of the coil as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, this construction enabling the guard and its operating portion to be made of one kind of metal and the spring of more. resilient metal, as will be understood.

The feature ofv providing a winding coilthe guard on its pivotspring for turning is advantageous, in that a relatively long spring givingan easy and practically uniform movement is provided, and furthermore by locating the spring underneath the support and substantially in line with the pivot of theguard,-its.diameter may be increased withinreasonable limits without in terferencewith other parts of the mount;

ing, or detracting from .the appearance of the device as a whole.

' "It will be obvious that the'shape ofthe' guard as a'whole, or of the bearing pads,

may be varied, without departing from my invention,

and I do not, therefore, desire to be confined to preciselythe construction shown.

The provision, of the guard on porting structure on tively stationary 01 in the pivoting movement the other, of a. relaon each side of which abearing is supplied intended by the other, such for instance as the seat.- on the bridge and the shoulder presented by the head of the pivot, arrangedrespectively' cn'opposite sides of the guard and of its lane of movement, is advanta eons whether ornotthe spring is located beow the br'dge, .or, in other words, whether latter is arranged between the cut embodiment, because the guard is thus 'confine'd'definitely to;its plane of movement antl'is prevented from wabbling or rocking transversely thereof, whileat the same time its pivot can be. used'for supporting the spring centrally and symmetrically with r espect to the movement of the guard and at an outside or accessible po nt. But when the spring is so coated, I am enabled to utilize bothside's f the support or bridge and'provide a convenient stationary bearing surface ad]acent the spring as well as the .orgnardcan be removed independently of .end of the guard overs.

theone hand and its supout on one of the parts the other. With the parts thus arranged it is, of course, necessary to PIOVlClGJa connection or part extending transversely through the horizontal plane of the support or bridge, and this in the present form isformed by the loo This construction enables me to 'bring the guide for the o posite side of he guard, formed by the ead of the screw, in the resent instance, close to the bridge, providing a short bearing and also to' bring an extension or projection from one of the above mentioned confining .abutments of the guard in line with the pivotal axis of the latter (formed, in the con struction shown, bythe lower projecting end of the screw 5) to a location at which iticenters the spring coiled around-it at a point whrzplenty of room is afforded for its accolnm ation-andmanipulation.

I claim as my invention:

1.- In an eyeglass n 'ounting,the combination with a support,-of a guard pivoted on one side ofthe' support and extending in front'and rear thereof', the rear portion of said guard haying a bearing padthereon and the forward portion ,constituting an operating arm, and a fiat spiral'spring located .on the'side of the ,supportgopposite the guard substantially in line with the pivot and having one end'connected to the support and the other to the guard.

2. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with the support, ofa guard pivoted on the upper sideof' the support and ex tending in front and rear thereof, the front portion oonsti t-utingen operating 'arnr and the rearportio'n having a bearingpad thereon, and a flat spiralspring arranged beneath the support and substantially in line with the pivot and having one end connected to the guard and the other connected to the support. ,7

,3. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination-with the support, of a guard pivoted or bend at the forward.

on one side of the support and extendingin front and rear'thereof. the rear-portion having abearing pad thereon and the front portion having anoperating arm, and an arm extending from said operating arm on the side of.the support opposite the guard,

and a spring connected to theend of the last Tmentioned arm and to the support. p 4. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support, of a -guard pivoted on one side'thereof and having the rearwardlycxtending portion provided with" a nosebcaring pad and a forwardly-enfendingoperating portion. an arm being extended from the guard'andlying on the opposite side of the supportand a. coil spring connected-to the arm and to the support.

5. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a supporh'of a guard pivoted to said support and extending in front and ingiBO rear thereof, and an independent connection between the guard and the support comprisingan arm extending'rearwardlyfrom the forwardly extending portion and a coil springarranged substantially in' line with the pivotal center of the guard.

(5. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with the support, of a nose guard pivoted thereon and'having a bearing pad in rear of the pivdt and an "operating arm in front thereof, a rearwaidly-extending arm, a coil spring substantially in line with the pivot forming a continuation of the last mentioned arm and having its free end ex'-' tending outwardly therefrom and means for connecting the latter to the support. 7. As an article of manufacture, a nose guard having at one end a nose-bearing pad and at the other two parallel arms connected at their outer ends, and a coil spring arranged at the inner end of one of the arms and having an arm extending outwardly therefrom.

8. Asan article of manufacture, a nose guard comprising'a lever formed from flat stock and having a. finger piece at its forward end; a nose engaging member carried by the rear end of the lever, a flat spiral spring for the guard arranged about a-vertical axis and formed from flat stock integral with and below the lever, and an arm extending from the spring for cooperation with the mounting.

9. In an eyeglass, the combination with the support for' the lenses, of the guards,

pivoted on the support and extending transversely thereof, the forward ends of the guards serving as-operating portions and the rear ends provided with hearing pads, fiat spiral springs arranged substantially in line with the pivots and each connected at one end to the guard, and the other extending over the faces of the lenses and means for securing said ends to the lenses.

et'ween the inner end of the operating arhi and the'rcarwardly extending arm.

11. In an eyeglass mounting, a support and a guard ivoted to the su port to project rearwardly and forward y therefrom, and an arm extending from the guard and having a coil spring forming a; continuation thereof, arranged in a line with the pivotal center and cooperating with the support.

12. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support, of a guard pivoted on one side of the support and extending in front and rear thereof, the rear port-ion having' a bearing pad and the forward portion constituting an operating arm, and a coil spring connected at one end to the guard for positioning the latter and located on the side of the support opposite the guard.

13. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a. support, of a guard pivoted on .the upper side of the support and extending in front and inrear thereof, the rear portion of the guard having a bearing pad thereonand the forward portion constituting an operating arm, anda coil spring located on the under side of the support and connected to the guard forpositioning the latter. 5

14,- In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with asupport, of a flat spiral spring located on one side of the support and having its outer end secured thereto, and a guard pivoted on the side of the su port opposite the spring, connected totheunner end of the latter, and having its pivotal center substantially in line-with the axis thereof.-

an eyeglassmounting, the combination with a support, of. a' coil spring arranged on one side-*of: the support, and a guard positioned by the spring arranged on the other :side of thesupport 'andhav- ,a it d fihe connection. extending to; andrssecured; coil spring, v1

16s The=-bombination with a support for 'the lenses, and a removable nose guard pivoted therepn, of'a coir-sp'ring-on the .opposite sideot the supporthavingits axis coincident with the t-urningaxis of the guard, permanently secured to one of said parts and detachably-secured-at its other end,'-permitting the spring to remain-'with-one of said parts on the separation of the guard and the support.

17. The combination-with a supportfor the lenses, and a removable nose guard pivoted thereon, of a coil spring on the oppo-, site side of the support. having 'its axis co incident with the turning axis of the guard, formed integral with the guard to. be removed therewith and detach'ably secured at its other end.

18. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with-a support, a nose guard and cooperating pivot hearings on said parts permitting the guard to swing o11'one.side of the support substantially in a horizontal plane, of a coil spring arranged on the other side of the suppoit -with..-its axis eoincident with the turning axis of the nose guard and having one end secured to su'id guard to be removed therewith, and its other end-provided with an arm for cooporation with the support.

v the lenses, and a removable nose rangedph that sideof thes lever n :whi'c h thesupport is located,

21. V lh'e combination with 'a support-haying apiv otrigidly secured thereto and prosvided" with a head at; its outer end, of a guard exnbodying a lever turning ont he" pivot andcont-actingwith-the head, and a fiber, and a coilspringarranged-wlth itsaxis coil spring having its axis coincident with the axis of the pivot and; arranged on the same side (if-the lever as thei'support.

22. The combination with a support-for the lenses and a nose guard,.-of a-headed pivot-pin detachably secured to one-'oisai'd' parts, extending throiigh the other and haw ing the head thereof contacting withfihe' opposite face of said last mentionedrmemi coincident wit-babe a'zkis of-t-he-gln .the'sarhe side of the guard as t e'sup'port. 23; The eombination with a supportfor.

the lenses and anose guard turning in eon; tact with one faoeof the support, oil-a re x movable abutment-bearin against the 10p; posite face of one of san m bers,-.and a coil spring-haying its axis coincident with. the turning axis of the guard and located on the salne side of the guard as the support.*:' q 24:. The combination with a 'supporthav ing a season-one sidethereof, of a'guard V thereon embodying a ing between the arms of said guard.

45 having a pair of parallelarmsarranged on opposite sides ofthe support, one of; which turns in engage1nentwith 'tl1e seat, a coil; spring arranged between the arms and'a' screw fastener surrounded by the spring and holding said FlIlllll'l engagement with the seat. 7

25. In: an eyeglass -'mounting, the combination with a su pporhof a guard pivoted air of parallel arms connected in front of t- 1e support and lying. on opposite 'sides of the latter, one of said arms extending in rear of the. support and carrying both the upper and the lower nose engaging pads, and a coil sprlng for P051- tioning the guard havin its axis coincidentwith the turning axis 0? the guard and ly- 26. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support having an aperture therein, of a pivotally mounted guard e1nbodying a pair of parallel arms connected on one side of the support and lyi'ngi'above and below the latter, a nose engaging member carried by one of said arms and a removablefastenr engaging one of said arms and passing through the aperture in 'thesu port. 4

an eyeglass'mounting the combi-'- nation with'aisupport for the lenses, ofla fastener having a screw threaded port, and a coil spring-for positioning the guard having its "axis coincident with the 1 axis" of said gua'rdj and lying between the arms of-the latter.

27-. In an'eyeglass mounting, the cornb'r; nation with a support having a on {side thereof, of a nose guard embodying an aperture-d arm turning in engag -anent with I thefisupportwlth the apertnredarm-and the seat,- a second arm connected. in from of lying on 'the' side of thesu'pport opposite saidapertured'arm and-a nose engaging member earned by-one-of said arms, a head- ,ed' removablefastener'passing throughthe apertured arm having its head engaging said arm to hold., the latter upon the seat ithesupport to secure therguard to said-sup- 1 and .eittendin'g-through the support to the -opposite side thereof, and a coil-spring surrounding the fastener between the support,

and theseoondfrnentioned arin. i

. 28. In" an eyeglass mounting, the cofnbi nation with a support havin a ,se'atonpne side -tlter'eof, of a headed. pivot projecting :ilfrom; the fseat, a projection on theopposite sideiof thesu'pport alined with the pivot,a

' nose guard turning on the pivot engage menhwitll the seataaridthe head, and acbil ;spr'i ng'for positioning the guard surround;

ing the projection on the opposite side of portion tending'jfrorn one side of t e'support-and a project ng port-iononthe other side-of the support, of a nose guard turning on -the piyot portion, and a coil spring for positioni'ng the ing, portion. I I

.30. In an eyeglass mounting', the cornbinationwith a support for thelense's hav ing a bearing and a pivoted guard lever guard surrounding the project turning -on Saidbearing, of a coil spring for positioning the guard wound in afiat spiral about the axis of the latter, the outer end being arranged to act against the support aid the inner end to act against the guard at a point removed from its bearing.

31, In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support having a seat thereon, a pivoted 'guardturning with one side against the seat and a member engaging the other side of the guard to,-hold it against the seat, of a projection'extending in the direction of the axis ofthe, guard and lying .10 one side of both the giiard and support and a spring for positid'nirig the guard" coiled a'bout such projection.

32, In-eyeglasses, the combination with a support and a nose guard mounted to swing on one side of the support substantially in a horizontal plane, of a coil-spring arranged on the opposite side of the support with to cooperate with the guard support, said part being extended from the outer con-- volutlon of the spring.

84. In an eyeglass mounting, the. combina-- tion with a support, of a guard pivoted on one side of the support to extend. forwardly.

and rearwardly thereof, a coil spring located on the opposite side of the support from the guard and an arm proceeding from the latter transversely through the horizontal plane of the support to cooperate with the spring. I

35. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support, of a guard pivoted on one side of the support to extend for- -wardly and rearwardlygthereof, a spring composed of a flat strip of material. wound in a fiat spiral on the opposite side of the sup ort, from the guard and an arm .procee ing from the latter through the horizontal plane of the support and cooperating with the spring in the plane of. the coil thereof. I

36. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support, of a guard pivoted on one side of the support to extend forwardly and rearwardly thereof, a coil spring located on the opposite side of the support from the guard and an arm proceeding from one of said parts through the horizontal plane of the support to cooperate with the other.

37. In an eyeglass mounting, the combina tion with a support having a'seat on one side thereof, anda guard turning on .the'

seat, of a pivot member for the guard projecting beyond the opposite face of the support from that on which the seat isarranged, and a spring coiled about such projecting port-ion and means for holding the guard against its seat.

38. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support having a seat on one side thereof, and a guard turning on the.

seat, of a pivot member for the guard proj'ecting beyond the opposite face of the support/from that on which the seat is arranged, and a spring coiled about such projecting portion.

39. An eyeglass mounting comprising in combination'a pivoted guard, a positioning spring therefor and-a supporting portion on the mounting arranged between said parts.

40. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support embodying a vertical pivotal projection and a guard turning thereon in :v horizontal alone, one of said parts being provided wit 1 two spaced bean ing surfaces engaging upon opposite sides of the other to prevent axial movement of the guard, of a centering projection extending to one side of the guard and support; and arranged in the pivotal axis of the, guard and aspring for positioning the latter surrounding said-projection.

4:1. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a suppor t,'a guard pivoted thereto. to operate in a horizontal plane and a centering. projection extending axially of theguard and to one side of the guard and support, of a spring for positioning the guard coiled about the projection, and two members each independent-of the spring having bearing surfaces respectively engaging opposite sides of the guard t'ohold it against tilting in'a vertical plane.

42. In an eyeglass mounting, the com binationwith a support and a'guard pivoted thereto, of a downwardlyextending projection on the support arranged in a'linement with the turning axis of the gfiard and a flat spiral spring for positioning the guard wound about the" projection and arranged below both the guarda'nd the support.

43. In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support, a guard pivoted v i I thereto to operate in a horizontal plane and a centering projection extending axially of the guard and tonne side of the guard and support, of a fiatspiral spring for 'po sitioning the-guard coiled about the pro jection below the support, and two members each independent of the spring having hearing surfaces respectively engaging opposite sides or" the guard lever to hold it against tilting in a vertical plane.

l4. In an'eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support-and a nose guard mounted to swing thereon substantially in a horizontal plane, of a spring for 'posi-. tioning the guard made from flat stock embodying a fiat spiral coil arranged with its axis vertical secured at ,one, end to one of the first two named parts andhaving an arm proceeding from the other end and cooperating with the other part, the arm being connected to the coil by a fiatwise bend of the stock.

45.' In an eyeglass mounting, the combination with a support, of a finger pic-cc guard pivoted to turn on one side of the support, a Hat spiral positioning spring for the guard arranged on the otherside of. the support and a pivot for the guard extend ing through the support and within a coil of the spring.

. 46. In eyeglassesthe combination with a mounting, of a pivot pinhavin'g one portion secured in the mountlng an having a mounting, tion threaded into the mounting and having a shoulder bearing against the outer face of the latter and also having a projecting portion beyond the shoulder and a nose guard turning on the ro ecting portion.

.a shoulder bearing against the 48. In eyeglasses, the combination with a mounting, o a ivot pin having a reduced portion secured in themounting and having outer face of the latter and'also having an enlarged portion projecting beyond the shoulder and terminating in a head and a guard turning on the enlarged portion and confined between the head and the mounting.

LEO. F. ADT.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL F. OConnon EDWARD MURPHY, 2d.-

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